STORMCAT
GT
I've got some more Carbon Fiber stuff coming real soon !!! You'll need something to put it in !!! Make sure you stick around here bub !!
A sad day for me. I may be selling the GT.
- Thread starter ROCMAN
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AtomicGT
GT Owner
ROCKMAN, don't sell, your back will get better, if you need a consult PM me, and I will arrange one at UCLA. Get divorced, sell the kids, the house, but not the GT or the VIper! Like bony said "we don't want to lose you as a member", and we need to to come to the Santa Monica MTNS Cruise on 6-16-07. So be positive, it will get better. :thumbsup
tpraceman
THEE GT OWNER
Larry I got to ask, how the heck did you do this?
Rockman get the back fixed sell the viper.
Like Bony your in our prayers.
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Ah shoot, 'raceman! It was EASY! Nuthin' to it! :lol
I was up 2 stories on a ladder ...need I say more?
Anyway, the feet of the ladder just decided to slide out from under me (dispite the steep angle the ladder was placed at - and, yes - it WAS on a level surface) ...and there was nothing I could do but drop straight down onto the concrete and steel grate below.
I found out two things in a matter of seconds: 1) fat people CANNOT fly, and, 2) we don't "bounce" well either.
Sooooo, I was air lifted to "Harbor Zoo" (Harber View) trauma center in Seattle where I spent a couple days in what, for all intents and purposes, was a morphine coma pre/post surgery. 'Had the full body cast routine and everything! (If yur gunna DO something - go the whole nine yards!) 'Was there for about 12 days. 'Then spent 45 days (or so) in a "rest/rehab" facility.
My "STURjun" told me I shudda bled to death B4 help arrived because my femural artery should have been a sieve due to the shattered femur. It wasn't. 'Not a nick. Barring that, because of where my back was broken, he said I at least shudda been a "para" if not a "quad". I am neither.
Needless to say, I'm very grateful God didn't decide take that day off!!! ...However, He and I have on occasion discussed why He chose that particular moment to take a coffee break!:rofl (Well ... I "discussed" ... He listened!:lol )
And dat's da story! Like Chip said, that DO 'splain a few things 'bout me, now duzzunt it!
(Okay. I'll say it B4 Bony gets the chance. If I'd landed on my HEAD insteada my FEET - concrete repairs would have been all that'd been necessary...:bored :skep)
SteveA
GT Owner/B.O.D
Dang!:ack My neighbor is still in bed/traction from a ladder fall putting up last years Christmas lights. MAN can things go to sh-t in a hurry!
Pockets, are you back close to 100%? (I hope so). Doctors tell my neighbor he will have to deal with his situation for the rest of his life.:frown
Pockets, are you back close to 100%? (I hope so). Doctors tell my neighbor he will have to deal with his situation for the rest of his life.:frown
Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
Oh., I'm pbly 93-95%, Steve (and remember, most statistics are made up on the spot:biggrin ). But, considering what could have been, 'can't bellyache!:lol
I have a little "chronic" pain to deal with, yada, yada, yada. And I seem to send missiles to Russia alot when I go thru airports. But, aside from stuff like that, 'no biggie.:thumbsup
AtomicGT
GT Owner
I see roughly 8-10 severe ladder accidents a year that are life altering injuries. Mostly pelvic and distal tibial fractures. When the distal tibia fracture unters the ankle joint it is called a pilon fracture. "Pilon" in French means a hammer, so imagine taking a hammer to the bottom of your tibia and exploding the joint. End result is arthritis and many surgeries. So, "stay off ladders" is my motto for life!
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Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
And a wise man U R, sir.
When I was able to walk again, I bought an electric/hyd hoist. ('Nuthin' like locking the barn door after the horses have gotten out...)
GTNJ
GT Owner
Rockman Was Serious
ROCKMAN, don't sell:frown , if Empty Pockets is walking there is hope for all of us.:willy
No offense intended Gramps (EP), but you really do inspire me.:thumbsup
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ROCKMAN, don't sell:frown , if Empty Pockets is walking there is hope for all of us.:willy
No offense intended Gramps (EP), but you really do inspire me.:thumbsup
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Empty Pockets
ex-GT Owner
:lol Thanks, Doug! :lol
(Sometimes I'm so darned inspirin' - even I can't stand it!:rofl )
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analogdesigner
GT Owner
ROCMAN,
Steve is right. I have been fighting back problems (inherited from my father) for many years. Recently, I was trying to get out of my GT in a tight parking lot (that alone is an ultimate sin) and hurt my back so badly that I could barely stand up. I had to put the GT aside for a while during recovery. This also delayed my transaxle bolt update to a much later time. My GTsaver business also suffered (sorry to my customers...). I realize that my back problems cannot compare to yours. I cannot visualize someone having to part with their GT. Couldn't you compromise and just sell the Viper? Best wishes, Jay :thumbsup
